APC in disarray, members moving to PDP – Gov Dickson

Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), is in disarray and has no chance of electoral victory in Bayelsa.

A statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, quoted Dickson as saying this while addressing appointees of the Restoration Government under his leadership in Yenagoa on Thursday.

The governor said that the remnant of members of the party were decamping to ruling PDP in droves having been convinced by the developmental exploits of the government.

Dickson stated that the government had opened up access to various communities in the three senatorial districts into which the state is divided in addition to the massive investments and exploits in the education, health and other sectors.

He said, “The APC in Bayelsa is in bad shape. I don’t see them winning any election in Bayelsa. Remember, when the APC was brand new, it could not win the election against us in 2015 even with the Federal might.

“Now the APC is bedeviled by a lot of fake promises. The party is in tatters, it has no head or tail, and stands to chance to win against us.

“We have done so Weill. We have built roads and bridges across the three senatorial zones. It is under this administration that we are driving by road for the first time to Nembe.

“It is also under this administration that people are driving for the first time to Aleibiri. And by the Grace of God, we shall drive to Ekeremor in December.”

Governor Dickson who also commented on the ongoing implementation of the Public Service Reforms, expressed shock at the magnitude of rot in the public sector.

The governor was saddened by the fact that the holistic screening of the files of all the civil servants in the states have shown that 92 percent of civil servants are affected by the exercise.

He said that it was indeed shameful that 92 percent of civil servants had indulged in procurement of grades and steps in the Bayelsa Civil Service.

“There are those civil servants who are promoted every year. We want hard work to be recognized but steps and grade levels are sold and bought in the market. They change steps and grade level.

“The right thing to do is to prosecute them but we are compassionate.The number involved, about 92 percent, are buying grade levels and steps.

“I have told them not to prosecute them; I am a man of compassion, a man who loves his people. They are going to be brought to their normal grade level.

“Every file of the civil servants, is being scrutinized, thoroughly. The preliminary report is appalling. I am ashamed.”